Chevrolet marked a return to factory-stock drag racing in 2011 with the COPO Camaro concept at the annual SEMA show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Response to the concept was strong and Chevrolet green lit the project for limited production of just 69 units per year purpose-built for competition as a racing homage to the 1969 COPO Camaro. The modern COPO Camaro is even more of a turnkey Stock Eliminator competitor than the original. A selection of formidable horsepower options is backed up by a full roll cage, solid rear axle in place of the regular-production independent unit and a wheel and tire package specifically for race-track use. This 2015 COPO Camaro is number 15 out of the 69 car-production run and lives up to the Central Office Production Order legend with not one but two competition V-8 engines included. The factory-built drag racer is powered by a Whipple supercharged 350-cubic-inch LSX V-8 engine rated for a consistent 555 horsepower which triggered the addition of a drag parachute. The engine is backed by an ATI Racing Products TH400 automatic transmission with extreme-duty clutch pack. Weld Racing forged wheels and Hoosier drag tires work with the optional COPO wheelie bars for launch control. The interior is radio-, sound deadener- and power accessory-delete with a pair of racing bucket seats at its center with an R.J.S. safety harness for the driver, a Hurst competition floor shifter and Chevrolet Performance-branded Auto Meter tachometer and auxiliary gauges. The original COPO Camaros resulted from Chevrolet dealers manipulating the Central Office Production Order system for factory-built 427 V-8 Camaros when regular-production orders maxed at the 396-cubic-inch V-8, and as such this 2015 COPO Camaro comes with a new 427-cubic-inch V-8 Chevrolet Performance crate engine.

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